Education Categories
| Purpose: | Provide descriptions of the Education percent frequency categories. |
| Table Name: | education_categories |
Structure and Description:
| Column | Type | Column Content |
|---|
| element_id | Character Varying(20) | Content Model Outline Position (see Content Model Reference) |
| scale_id | Character Varying(3) | Scale ID (see Scales Reference) |
| category | Decimal(3,0) | Category value associated with element |
| category_description | Character Varying(1000) | Detail description of category associated with element |
This file contains the categories associated with the Education content area. Categories for the Required Level of Education (RL) scale are included.
The file is displayed in four tab delimited fields with the columns named Element ID, Scale ID, Category, and Category Description. The four fields are represented by one row. There are a total of 12 rows of data in this file.
File Structure Changes:
| Release Number | Description of Change |
|---|
| 30.3 | Added as a new file |
Data Example - education_categories:
| element_id | scale_id | category | category_description |
|---|
| 2.D.1 | RL | 1 | Less than a High School Diploma |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 2 | High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 3 | Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 4 | Some College Courses |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 5 | Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 6 | Bachelor's Degree |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 7 | Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 8 | Master's Degree |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 9 | Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 10 | First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 11 | Doctoral Degree |
| 2.D.1 | RL | 12 | Post-Doctoral Training |
